The following exercises and prayers accompany the 2022 Immanuel Approach Basic Training video series. Note: It is vitally important that you go through the training videos and practice exercises in the order they are presented. Firstly, the later exercises build very systematically on the earlier exercises, with all of the pieces from the earlier exercises coming together to produce the full Immanuel Approach process for emotional healing presented in the final exercises. And even more important, the earlier teaching segments and practice exercises set up safety nets which absolutely need to be in place before doing the trauma work included in the final three exercises.
PowerPoint Slide Content for Basic Training Videos
This pdf contains the content from the PowerPoint slides for all of the teaching segments from the Basic Training Seminar videos. (PowerPoint Slide Content for Basic Training, 174 pgs)
Outline of Basic Training Video Segments
This pdf contains an outline of the 23 basic training video segments (including the introduction, 12 original training segments, 4 supplementary training segments, and 6 bonus content segments). Note that the duration of each segment is included in this outline. (Outline of Basic Training Video Segments, 1 pg)
Overview Explanatory Essay
This Essay provides the overview for working with groups and beginners, and also discusses practical considerations for using the basic training practice exercises. NOTE: as of February 2022, this essay includes all of the new content from the updated, totally re-written version of Chapter 24 from the big lion book. (Immanuel Approach Exercises for Groups and Beginners overview explanatory essay, 14 pgs)
Exercise Zero: Positive Memory Recall and Deliberate Appreciation (an especially gentle on-ramp)
Some people have minimal experience with deliberately recalling a positive memory, in detail, to the point of feeling strong appreciation. If you have plenty of time, it is ideal to start with this exercise. That is, after viewing training segment #1, it is ideal to start with this exercise before going to the “Interactive Connection in Context of Non-God Positive Memory” exercise. (Positive Memory Recall and Deliberate Appreciation, practice exercise handout, 5 pgs)
Interactive Connection in Context of Non-God Positive Memory (exercise to follow video training segment #1)
If time is limited and/or you are working with people who are already able to easily recall and connect with positive memories, then start with this practice exercise (after watching Immanuel Approach Basic Training video segment #1). (Interactive Connection in Context of Non-God Positive Memory, practice exercise handout, 6 pgs)
Interactive Connection in Context of God Positive Memory (exercise to follow video training segment #2)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #2. (Interactive Connection in Context of God Positive Memory, practice exercise handout, 3 pgs)
Our Brains Work Best in Community: Describe Whatever Comes Into Your Awareness (exercise to follow video training segment #3)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #3. (Our Brains Work Best in Community: Describe Whatever Comes Into Your Awareness, exercise handout, 3 pgs)
Immanuel Approach Troubleshooting, Basic (exercise to follow video training segments #4, 4b, and 4c)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segments #4, 4b, and 4c. (Immanuel Approach Troubleshooting, Basic, exercise handout, 3 pgs)
Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, Basic (exercise to follow completion of video training segments #5 & #6)
Go through this practice exercise after IA Basic Training video segments #5 & #6 have both been completed. (Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, Basic, exercise handout, 5 pgs)
Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, First Intermediate Scenario: (exercise to follow video training segment #7)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #7. (Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, First Intermediate Scenario, exercise handout, 5 pgs)
Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, Second Intermediate Scenario: (practice exercise/role-play to follow video training segment #8)
NOTE: Most lay-person facilitators, who are doing the Immanuel Approach with a small circle of family and/or friends and/or colleagues, will never need the enhanced+ safety-net interventions demonstrated in training segment #8 and included in this exercise/role-play. Also, if you are an experienced prayer minister or mental health professional, and you are already comfortable with the attunement interventions described in training segment #9, then I expect you will use those interventions with any recipient who is really stuck in a really intense traumatic memory (as opposed to the more cumbersome interventions included in this exercise). However, if you are not yet comfortable with the training segment #9 attunement interventions, and if you are going to be leading Immanuel Approach practice exercises in large group settings and/or you know you are going to be working with recipients who have really intense traumatic memories, then it would be good to practice the interventions included in this exercise (after watching training segment #8). (Immanuel Approach Safety Nets, Second Intermediate Scenario, exercise handout, 7 pgs)
Immanuel Approach Safety Net Resource: Coaching Shalom for My Body
(Practice Exercise/Role-play to Follow Completion of Video Training Segment #9b)
Being able to coach the recipient through the shalom-for-my-body exercise can be very helpful for any situation in which very intense fear or anger becomes a problem. At any point in a session, if the recipient’s fear/anger becomes so great that they are having difficulty cooperating with the process and/or you are having difficulty facilitating, you can use the Shalom-for-my-body intervention to bring down the intensity. And if you are running out of time at the end of a session, so that you need to deploy the safety net, but the recipient is experiencing intense fear or anger, you can coach the recipient through the shalom for my body exercise, the intensity of their fear or anger will come down dramatically, and it will be much easier to deploy the safety net. Go through this practice exercise after watching training segment #9b. Immanuel Approach Safety Net Resource: Coaching Shalom for My Body, exercise handout, 3 pgs)
Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #1 (exercise to follow video training segment #10)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #10. (Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #1. exercise handout, 8 pgs)
Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #2 (exercise to follow video training segment #11)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #11. (Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #2. exercise handout, 8 pgs)
Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #3 (additional, optional exercise to follow video training segment #11 and successful completion of Variation #2)
Go through this practice exercise after watching IA Basic Training video segment #11 and successfully completing the basic IA emotional healing, variation #2 exercise. (Basic Immanuel Approach Emotional Healing, Variation #3. exercise handout, 9 pgs)
One Page Summaries, “Cheat Sheets”
- Immanuel Approach Basic Emotional Healing Exercise, Variation #2 (One Page Summary, Paragraph Form) (1pg)
- Immanuel Approach Basic Emotional Healing Exercise, Variation #2 (One Page “Cheat Sheet,” PDF)
- Immanuel Approach Basic Emotional Healing Exercise, Variation #2 (One Page “Cheat Sheet,” MS Word doc – easier to edit)
- Reference Points for Identifying Genuine God-Connections (One page summary)
Opening and Closing Prayers
Explanatory Essays For Opening and Closing Prayers
- Explanatory Essay: Opening Prayers and Parameters (14 pgs)
- Explanatory Essay: Closing Prayer (6 pgs)